NZQA registered unit standard
17992 version 4
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Title
Select, design, maintain, and manage stockpiles at an extractive site
Level
5
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the
objectives, evaluate the stockpile site options, select the
design, and construct a stockpile; maintain and manage the
stockpile; and complete the documentation and reporting
required for stockpiles.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Extractive Industries Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with the following:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations)
Regulations 2013;
approved codes of practice issued pursuant to the HSE Act.
2
Any new, amended or replacement Acts, regulations, standards, codes of practice,
guidelines, or authority requirements or conditions affecting this unit standard will
take precedence for assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
3
Definitions
Company procedures mean the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management
requirements. They may refer to legislation, regulations, guidelines, standard
operating procedures, manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Industry best practice may be documented in management plans, control plans,
company procedures, managers’ rules, occupational health and safety policy,
industry guidelines, codes of practice, manufacturers’ instructions, and safe working
and/or job procedures (or equivalent).
4
This unit standard is intended for workplace assessment.
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NZQA registered unit standard
17992 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify the objectives, evaluate the stockpile site options, select the design, and construct
a stockpile.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Product requirements for the market are identified in terms of quantity and
product specifications in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – specifications, type, volume,
storage capacity, delivery.
Stockpiling site is analysed in terms of existing physical constraints.
Range
may include but is not limited to – site availability, ground
conditions, geotechnical assessment, consent conditions, risk of
contamination, drainage, location, and topography, traffic
conditions, frequency of use, overhead constraints, and quarry or
site plan.
1.3
Selected site is checked against site plan and a recommendation is made in
accordance with company procedures.
1.4
Preparation of the stockpile site is carried out in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
1.3
may include but is not limited to – site availability, site plan,
stockpile positioning, ground conditions, drainage, contamination
controls, services location, base construction.
Stockpile design is selected and stockpile construction is carried out in
accordance with company procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – shape and size, types of
stockpile, feed systems, reclaim systems, building the stockpile,
raw material, finished product, bins, hoppers, other stockpile
purposes.
Outcome 2
Maintain and manage the stockpile.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The stockpile is managed and operated in accordance with market
requirements, industry best practice, and company procedures.
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may include but is not limited to – feed, reclaim, stability control,
control systems, working the stockpile, blending methods, loadout, water management, slope stability, contamination control,
weather protection, ramps and access, capacity, feeder checks,
stacking, reclaim checks, tracking adjustments, density
adjustments, de-watering, screens, trommels, plant and equipment
checks.
Range
2.2
Stockpile problems are remedied in accordance with industry best practice and
company procedures.
may include but is not limited to – blocked feeders, hang-ups,
reclaim tracking, screen and mat replacement, de-watering of
reclaim tunnels, cleaning of walkways, ramps and ladder ways,
housekeeping, safety features, isolation procedures.
Range
2.3
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Stockpile operation is started and shut down in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
may include but is not limited to – control system, control room,
communications, emergency stops, resets.
Range
Outcome 3
Complete documentation and reporting required for stockpiles.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Reporting and recording for stockpiles are completed in accordance with
industry best practice.
may include but is not limited to – weighbridge records, stockpile
surveys, operator log sheets, control room reports, climate reports,
sampling, quality monitoring, hazard reporting.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 July 2001
31 December 2017
Review
2
24 November 2005
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 July 2010
31 December 2017
Review
4
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
0114
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NZQA registered unit standard
17992 version 4
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016